Pseudo-Barnabas usually refers to the ''
Epistle of Barnabas'' and to its author, who is considered an
Apostolic Father
The Apostolic Fathers, also known as the Ante-Nicene Fathers, were core Christian theologians among the Church Fathers who lived in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD who are believed to have personally known some of the Twelve Apostles or to have be ...
, but whom most modern scholars judge not to be
St. Barnabas
Barnabas (; arc, ܒܪܢܒܐ; grc, Βαρνάβας), born Joseph () or Joses (), was according to tradition an early Christian, one of the prominent Christian disciples in Jerusalem. According to Acts 4:36, Barnabas was a Cypriot Jew. Nam ...
.
Joseph Tixeront, ''Handbook of Patrology: First Period, Section I: The Apostolic Fathers''
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Sometimes "Pseudo-Barnabas" refers to the '' Gospel of Barnabas'', which most scholars consider to be a late medieval work, post-1300.
The '' Acts of Barnabas'' is yet another pseudepigraphical work attributed to the name Barnabas.
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